Background & Aims: Collagenous colitis is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology
with diarrhea as the leading symptom. The aim of this study was to examine the pathogenic …

Collagenous colitis has become a more frequent diagnosis but the aetiology of this disease
is still unknown. We describe a female patient with intractable collagenous colitis who was …

Background & Aims: Mechanisms of diarrhea in ulcerative colitis (UC) are still unknown.
Functional and structural characterization of epithelial barrier and transport properties in …

BACKGROUND & AIMS:: In ulcerative colitis (UC), the epithelial barrier is impaired by
erosion/ulcer-type lesions and epithelial apoptosis causing local leaks, and generalized …

Background & Aims: The cause of collagenous colitis is unknown. Data on treatment are
sparse, and surgical therapy has not been reported. This study reports results of surgical …

Background Collagenous colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease accompanied
mainly by nonbloody diarrhea. The objectives of treatment are to alleviate the symptoms and …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Collagenous colitis is a rare diarrheal disease of unknown
pathophysiology that is histologically defined by subepithelial bandlike structures. The …

Whole colon perfusion studies and measurements of luminal prostaglandin E 2 were carried
out in a 41-year-old female with collagenous colitis to investigate pathophysiological …

BACKGROUND: Data on collagenous colitis have been based on a limited number of
patients. AIMS: To obtain more information on this disease from a register set up at Orebro …

Background: Crohn's disease is associated with deranged intestinal permeability in vivo,
suggesting dysfunction of tight junctions. The luminal contents are important for …